diff --git a/.circleci/dep_heroku.sh b/.circleci/dep_heroku.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7beaf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.circleci/dep_heroku.sh
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+HTTPCODE=`curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" https://$HEROKU_APP_NAME.herokuapp.com/`
+if [ "$HTTPCODE" -ne 200 ];then
+    echo "heroku app not responding, failing deploy"
+    exit 1
+fi